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What is service-learning?
"Service-learning is a form of experiential learning in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities intentionally designed to promote student learning and development. Reflection and reciprocity are key concepts of service-learning." (Jacoby, 1996).
Reflection
Reflection is central to the academic goals of higher education and an essential element of service-learning. Eyler and Giles (1999) sum up effective reflection in service-learning with their five’Cs’: Connection, Continuity, Context, Challenge, and Coaching.
Reciprocity
The principle of reciprocity suggests that all of the participants in service-learning should be viewed as colleagues, not as servers or clients. All participants serve and learn from each other
Annotated Bibliography of Service-Learning Material
Service-Learning Links:
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
www.servicelearning.org
National Campus Compact
www.campuscompact.org
PHENND (Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development)
www.phennd.org
Pennsylvania Campus Compact
www.paccompact.org/default.html
National Commission on Service-Learning
servicelearningcommission.org/slcommission/index.html
International Partnership for Service-Learning
www.ipsl.org
Learn & Service America: Corporation for National and Community Service
www.learnandserve.org
National Service-Learning Partnership
www.service-learningpartnership.org/
UCLA Service-Learning Clearinghouse
www.gseis.ucla.edu/slc/
Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning
www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/